What is a 14 42mm lens good for?

Usually supplied with the company’s DSLR cameras, the Olympus Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ED is a compact standard wide angle zoom lens covering focal lengths equivalent to 28-84mm in 35mm format. This covers all kinds of general photography, including family snapshots, scenery and portraiture.

Is the Lumix 14 140 weather sealed?

The Lumix 14-140mm has recently had an update and the new version has Dual I.S. 2, whereas the version I have only has Dual I.S. 1. The new version is also weather sealed i.e. dust and splash proof.

Is Panasonic 12-60mm weather sealed?

Yes, the Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-60mm F3. 5-5.6 ASPH Power OIS is Weather Sealed!

What is a 150mm lens used for?

The 40-150mm is a telephoto lens and shows a smaller angle-of-view. It is used to pick out details, such as a person’s face for a portrait, as opposed to a full-body image which is easier with the wider lens. Again, many times you cannot compensate by moving yourself closer to the subject.

Is a 12-60mm lens good?

For a kit zoom, I believe the 12-60mm performs admirably well at nearly all apertures and focal lengths and more than fulfils its role as an all-purpose lens for travel and everyday photography.

What does 40 to 150mm mean?

The 40-150mm is a telephoto lens and shows a smaller angle-of-view. It is used to pick out details, such as a person’s face for a portrait, as opposed to a full-body image which is easier with the wider lens.

What is 150mm lens good for?

What does R mean on Olympus lenses?

It just means “Restyled”, as there was just a cosmetic change between the Mark II & II R lenses.

What is a 12 60mm lens used for?

As a general-purpose lens it covers a wide range of subjects, from landscapes to portraits and its superior stabilisation makes it suitable for movie recording. With enough magnification to produce for impressive close-up shots at the 60mm focal length, it also produces decent bokeh in most situations.

What is a 150mm lens good for?

What is a 45 to 150 mm lens used for?

The 3.3x zoom range of the Panasonic 45-150 mm (equivalent to a 90-300 mm lens on a camera with a full frame sensor) makes the Panasonic 45-150 mm ideal for telephoto shots of sports or close-ups of pets or animals in the Zoo. In terms of focal length, this lens could be used as a portrait lens.

Is the Panasonic 14-42mm II worth it?

The Panasonic 14-42mm II has definitely been improved from its pervious version – it produces almost tack-sharp images when used at its widest aperture – and stop down even just to ƒ/4 or ƒ/5.6 and images are absolutely sharp.

What is the difference between 14mm and 42mm?

At 14mm and f/3.5 the comers are 1.52 stops darker than the centre of the image and stopping down to f/8 results in visually uniform images. At 42mm, there is even less falloff to speak of. At f/5.6 the corners are only 0.758 stops darker than the image centre and stopping down to f/8 also results in visually uniform illumination.

How fast does the Panasonic 14-42mm autofocus?

The Panasonic 14-42mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 is very quick to autofocus – the lens takes well under a second to slew through the entire range of focus. Small changes in focus are conducted extremely quickly, and there’s very little noise when the lens focuses.

What is the Lumix X 14-42mm?

Instead it simply designates a premium line of high-performance products; indeed the company is promising that the X 14-42mm will offer better image quality than both the existing 14-42mm kit lens and its highly-regarded predecessor, the Lumix G Vario 14-45mm F3.5-5.6 ASPH OIS.